tulip field, Alkmaar, Netherlands

By locating a rare high-rise promontory on Holland's� pancake-flat polders,� the striking precision of planted rows of floral color emerge. These visual rhythms would virtually disappear at an ordinary eye-level height.� A bicyclist adds a cultural and dramatic aspect to the ordered geometry.

blooming saguaro cactus, Tuscon, Arizona

Maneuvering the point of view to just below the flowers helps create a uniquely graceful ballet of thorny limbs.� That angle spotlights the privileged spectacle of desert blooms while at the same time eliminating distracting background.